Update on TTW and Yoshi

[daredtowork]

272. All true

I'm not arguing with you at all about what TTW may choose to do for herself.

When I make an argument "for" TTW, it's merely to counter negative spin - to provide the alternative possibility. And that's really on behalf of any poor, struggling person, so they won't get stuck with similar stereotypes.

Regarding the resources, my "agenda" is mainly to make people aware what is and is not available to TTW. The "system" is opaque to people who haven't been in that kind of crisis before, and people often make assumptions about a safety net. They assume if they run out of money, they will just "go on welfare". If they can't pay their rent or mortgage, some charity organization will come through for them to keep them in their homes. They assume if they become disabled, someone will come aid them on a temporary basis. They assume that there is one place to go for "help" and not a circus of Federal, State, County, and Local resources that are difficult to find - with poverty "helpers" actively hoarding limited resources for their clients.

Trying to help TTW allows people to break through those assumptions. It's a conceptual breakthrough about people in crisis situations. I think it's important for progressives to understand.

I wish the best for TTW, but I have no illusions about the outcome of her situation if she doesn't walk in the doors that she needs to walk into for herself. For what few doors exist.